Hindu

Hin·du

 (hĭn′do͞o)

adj.

1. Of or relating to Hinduism.

2. Of or relating to the Hindus and their culture.

n.

An adherent of Hinduism.

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[Persian Hindū, from Hind, India; see Hindi.]

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Hindu

(ˈhɪnduː; hɪnˈduː) or

Hindoo

n, pl -dus or -doos

1. (Hinduism) a person who adheres to Hinduism

2. (Hinduism) an inhabitant or native of Hindustan or India, esp one adhering to Hinduism

adj

(Hinduism) relating to Hinduism, Hindus, or India

[C17: from Persian Hindū, from Hind India; see Hindi]

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Hin•du

(ˈhɪn du)

n., pl. -dus,
adj. n.

1. an adherent of Hinduism.

adj.

2. of or pertaining to Hindus or Hinduism.

[1655–65; < Persian Hindū Indian (adj., n.) =Hind (see Hindi) + -ū adj. suffix]

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Hindu - a native or inhabitant of Hindustan or India Hindoo, Hindustani Hindustan - northern region of India where Hinduism predominates Asian, Asiatic - a native or inhabitant of Asia brahman, brahmin - a member of the highest of the four Hindu varnas; "originally all brahmans were priests" Kshatriya - a member of the royal or warrior Hindu caste Rajpoot, Rajput - a member of the dominant Hindu military caste in northern India Shudra, Sudra - a member of the lowest or worker Hindu caste Vaisya - a member of the mercantile and professional Hindu caste; the third of the four main castes
	2.	Hindu - a person who adheres to Hinduism Hindoo Hindooism, Hinduism - the religion of most people in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal religious person - a person who manifests devotion to a deity swami - a Hindu religious teacher; used as a title of respect chela - a Hindu disciple of a swami Hare Krishna - worshipper of Krishna and member of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness Shaktist - worshipper of Shakti Shivaist - worshipper of Shiva Vaishnava - worshipper of Vishnu saddhu, sadhu - (Hinduism) an ascetic holy man sannyasi, sannyasin, sanyasi - a Hindu religious mendicant
Adj.	1.	Hindu - of or relating to or supporting Hinduism; "the Hindu faith" Hindi, Hindoo

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Translations

الهندوسيهِندُوسِيّهِندوسِيّ

hinduistahinduistický-kahind

hinduhinduistisk

Hinduhinduistisch

Ινδουϊστήςινδουϊστικός

hindú

hinduhindulainen

hindouhindouiste

hinduisthinduistički

hindu

hindúi

indùinduistaindostano

ヒンズー教のヒンズー教徒

힌두교도힌두교도의

induistasinduizmas

hinduisma-hinduists

hindoe

hinduhinduistisk

Hindushinduski

hindu

индуистиндуистский

hindhinduistický

hinduhinduisk

แขกที่นับถือศาสนาฮินดูชาวฮินดู

HindistanlıHinduHintli

người theo đạo Hinduthuộc đạo Hindu

印度人印度人的印度教教徒印度教教徒的

Hindu

[ˈhɪnˈduː]

A. ADJ → hindú

B. N → hindú mf

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Hindu

[ˈhɪnduː hɪnˈduː]

n → Hindou(e) m/f

adj → hindou(e)
a Hindu temple → un temple hindou

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Hindu

adj → hinduistisch; Hindu people → Hindu(s) pl

n → Hindu m

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Hindu

[ˈhɪnˈduː] adj & n → indù (m/f) inv

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Hindu

(hinˈduː) noun, adjective

(of) a person who believes in, and lives according to the rules of, the religion of ˈHinduism. Hindoe الهندوسي индуски hindu hind, -ka; hinduistický der Hindu hindu ινδουιστής, ινδουιστικός hindú hindu پیرو آیین هندو hindu hindou, oue הִינדִי हिंदू Hindus; hinduisticki; hinduizam hindu Hindu hindúi indù ヒンズー教徒 힌두교 신자 induistas, induizmas hinduists; hinduisma- Hindu hindoehinduHindus, hinduski هندوستانی، هندی hindu hindus индус hind, -ka; hinduistický Hindujec hindus hindu ผู้นับถือศาสนาฮินดู Hintli, Hindistanlı 印度教徒 індус; індуський ہندو عقیدے کا ماننے والا người Hin-đu 印度教教徒

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Hindu

→ هِندُوسِيّ, هِندوسِيّ hinduista, hinduistický hindu, hinduistisk Hindu, hinduistisch Ινδουϊστής, ινδουϊστικός hindú hindu, hindulainen hindou hinduist, hinduistički indù ヒンズー教の, ヒンズー教徒 힌두교도, 힌두교도의 hindoe hindu, hinduistisk Hindus, hinduski hindu индуист, индуистский hindu, hinduisk แขกที่นับถือศาสนาฮินดู, ชาวฮินดู Hindu người theo đạo Hindu, thuộc đạo Hindu 印度人, 印度人的

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